Just like they are in the picture above, Devin Booker’s eyes are always focused upwards.
In a figurative sense, Book is constantly fixated on the next: the next bucket, the next possession, the next quarter, the next win.
And right now, the most pertinent “next” in his mind is the next championship. “Next” in this case though, also means first. Book’s current trophy case is entirely vacant.
He came just about as close as possible to championship glory that a player could last season — excluding those who did actually hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy in the summer of 2021.